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silver

3 verb
     
silver3 [transitive]
1 technicalTIG to cover a surface with a thin shiny layer of silver or another metal in order to make a mirror
2 literary to make something shine and look the colour of silver:
The farmhouse appeared, silvered by the moon.
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